South African Prosecuting Authority to Appeal Pistorius Sentence

The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa has stated that it will file an application for leave to appeal Oscar Pistorius's "lenient" six-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

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